Farm shed find - silky oak kitchen island? - feet rebuild

This the second item I now have where I need to rebuild the feet. please feel free to comment on what is a better way.
A friend has told me to use "builders bog" as a replacement of the missing wood. I thought I would find something of similar size (eg: tennis ball) as a shell to be filled with "builders bog" and fitted to the bottom of the feet while they dry. Once dried I would shave with file. When that was done I would seal and colour to suit.

The towel rails will be a challenge but at least I have a complete one for copying.
The handles and latch will probably go into CLR for cleaning but I expect removal to be a challenge. Any secrets for this?

Any ideas on dating this?

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It's most likely a wash stand and would have had a marble top. They come up a treat. I now use one I found as a desk.

I had a similar job a little while ago where I needed to replace turned feet.
My solution was to cut off the damaged part, but keep it and attach another piece of square timber that matched.
Then onto the lathe and turn new feet as close to the profile as you can manage. You'd be surprised how different each leg is when you put them side by side.

Finally an excuse to pick up a marble top :)

Just had a look at the bottom of the complete foot and found a steel rod remnant so I'll guess it was on wheels (?) Maybe I can find some old pictures to confirm this.

I have succeeded with all but one of the handle screws. I guess I will make a mess and have to replace one screw :(

I have figured the shelf inside was not original but a dodgy later installation.

I'll start checking for any old turned silky oak legs in case I have a good bottom.

Cheers,
Nick

Builders Bog ?? Nah . There is better than doing that to a piece.:)
Turned leg repairs are a bit of fun and come out great with a lathe Nick. Do you have a lathe ?
A wood turning lathe . An old Woodfast is a real good way to get into turning . They sometimes go cheap second hand on ebay or gumtree. They are a great lathe. I use one and there is nothing in furniture building or restoration one of those Woodfasts cant handle.
Rob

Well Bedposts in one solid length I suppose . But if you do them in sections no probs.

It's been the one thing that I hadn't intended doing but yes I have one of those lathes (it was a case of if I didn't buy it then it was going to scrap merchants). I'll look into the cost of the tools and try putting the lathe together. For the time being I don't want to let this unit sit for months so I'll build a temporary base on wheels to slip underneath and use it that way :)

With all my interest in cleaning this one down I completely forgot it doesn't have a top. I think I'll use some of my silky oak to make a top and wait for the day a suitable marble top comes my way.

Things may go a bit slower with all my projects for a while as I attempted to guillotine the top of a finger off today while stripping a 1920's table saw. SWMBO has asked me to stop working on things from 3PM onwards now :(

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Cleaning of the handles is progressing using CLR and light brush. Not sure how to protect them but maybe just a clear lacquer type product.
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